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You are simply wrong when you say the developers and gamers would benefit from this. I want to say it's all about the money. To EA a new release is NEW money. a new Ultimate Team Mode is... NEW money. They make money because you have to reset and start over.

Personally I don't mind. I enjoy my yearly releases. It's just $60. It's fun to get excited about upcoming games, cracking open that new game and popping it in the system the first time. It's a simple join but a good one. I don't want to see it done every other year.

As for the patches and such... I knew the moment XBOX Live started making patches available where it was headed. Honestly it's not as bad as it could be though. I have been a long time PC game player and patches have been used there blatantly to get broken games sold to you too early. Yes XBOX games might need patching but rarely do they need to be overhauled. "Front Page Sports Football" anyone? lol